The Runaways are back...For Layla Lewis, life is finally back on track. After her "runaway year" in Cornwall, another year has passedâan idyllic year spent with sexy new love, Joseph Scott, in the sultry heat of Florence. For best friend, Penny, life has also changed. Having recently given birth to a baby girl, sheâs busy embracing motherhood. But, for the runaways, life is never that easy...A chance encounter with Josephâs ex-girlfriend, Tara, has explosive consequences for the new lovers, and all three are forced back to Cornish shores. Meanwhile, motherhood is not the joy Penny thought it would beâsheâs heading for a breakdown and fast!The bubble is burst, the idyll shattered.Tara has a secret and only Joseph knows what it is. Despite being asked to trust him, Layla canât help but question what the secret is and what it has to do with them. As Penny arrives in Cornwall too, some friends will pull together, others will not.This secret, Layla suspects, will tear them all apart.

Born and bred in the sunny seaside town of Brighton, one of the first literary conundrums Shani had to deal with was her own name - Shani can be pronounced in a variety of ways but in this instance it's Shay-nee not Shar-ney or Shan-ni - although she does indeed know a Shanni - just to confuse matters further! Hobbies include reading, writing, eating and drinking - all four of which keep her busy enough.

After graduating from Sussex University with a degree in English and American Literature, Shani became a freelance copywriter. Twenty years later, the day job includes crafting novels too. She is the author of contemporary Cornish romance - The Runaway Year - published in 2013 by Omnific Publishing. The Runaway Ex is the second in the Runaway series.